Star profile
25 Vulpecula
Hot blue starWhat is 25 Vulpecula
25 Vulpeculae lies within the small and discreet constellation of the Fox, hidden deep in the Milky Way of summer, not far from the famous Coathanger asterism. It is a blue B-type star, fiercely hot, and its light needs around nine hundred and ninety-eight years to cross the void to Earth. Its photons set out at a time when the great Gothic cathedrals of the European continent had not yet been built.
Where it is and when to see it
25 Vulpecula lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is August, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 63° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 74° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 32° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 66° S.
It ranks no. 25 in brightness among the 44 stars of Vulpecula in our catalogue. To find it, start from Anser, the brightest: it lies about 12° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 1,000 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 25 Vulpecula
- Constellation
- Vulpecula
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.50
- Distance
- 997.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 305.514° · Dec 24.446°
- Catalogue
- HIP 100435 · HD 193911
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Other stars in Vulpecula
Vulpecula has 44 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- AnserAlpha Vulpecula4.44
- 23 Vulpecula4.50
- 31 Vulpecula4.56
- 24 Vulpecula5.30
- 35 Vulpecula5.39
- 2 Vulpecula5.46
- 10 Vulpecula5.50
- 18 Vulpecula5.51